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Break a word in rows

Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

Hello everybody !

 

I'm looking to break a word in rows, one letter per row.

 

Example :

 

1Word
2Joy
3Herb

 

This would become :

 

1W
1o
1r
1d
2J
2o
2y
3H
3e
3r
3b

 

I can't do it using the Text to Column tool as I have to specify a delimiter.

 

Do you have any idea ?

 

Thanks for your answers.

 

Jean-Baptiste

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RishiK
Alteryx
Alteryx

@Jean-Balteryx 

 

Have a look at the attached sample workflow.

JoeS
Alteryx Alumni (Retired)

Nice work @RishiK 

 

You could also use a full stop/period. This in regex means any character, so will split not only your letter A-Z but spaces and numbers too

Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

@RishiK Thank you very much ! 

 

 

Jean-Balteryx
16 - Nebula
16 - Nebula

@JoeS Thank you for your advice !

mattnason
5 - Atom
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